### Constructor

# Gio SimpleAction new

since: 2.28

#### Declaration [src]

    GSimpleAction*
    g_simple_action_new (
      const gchar* name,
      const GVariantType* parameter_type
    )

#### Description [src]

Creates a new action.

The created action is stateless. See `g_simple_action_new_stateful()` to create an action that has state.

Available since: 2.28

#### Parameters

`name`

  Type: `const gchar*`

  The name of the action.

  The data is owned by the caller of the function.
  The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

`parameter_type`

  Type: `GVariantType`

  The type of parameter that will be passed to handlers for the `GSimpleAction::activate` signal, or `NULL` for no parameter.

  The argument can be `NULL`.
  The data is owned by the caller of the function.

#### Return value

Type: `GSimpleAction`

A new `GSimpleAction`.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.